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Olga Gershenson

Olga Gershenson is Professor of Judaic and Near Eastern Studies and of Film Studies at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She has published widely on the Holocaust representation, and on Israeli cinema and theater. She is currently writing a book about Israeli horror films.

Reviews

Dispatches from the Jerusalem Film Festival: “Lieber-Man”

By Olga Gershenson | September 3, 2019

Olga Gershenson, covering the Jerusalem Film Festival for Tikkun, reviews “Lieber-Man.”

Arts & Cultural Critique

Dispatches from the Jerusalem Film Festival: “Born in Jerusalem and Still Alive”

By Olga Gershenson | August 27, 2019

Olga Gershenson, covering the Jerusalem Film Festival for Tikkun, reviews “Born in Jerusalem and Still Alive.”

Arts & Cultural Critique

Dispatches from the Jerusalem Film Festival: “God of the Piano” and “Red Fields”

By Olga Gershenson | August 21, 2019

Olga Gershenson, covering the Jerusalem Film Festival for Tikkun, reviews “God of the Piano” and “Red Fields.”

Arts & Cultural Critique

Dispatches from the Jerusalem Film Festival: “Peaches & Cream”

By Olga Gershenson | August 12, 2019

Olga Gershenson reviews “Peaches & Cream,” a film whose cynical view of the #MeToo movement puts it “out of sync with its time.”

Israel/Palestine

Dispatches from the Jerusalem Film Festival: “Chained”

By Olga Gershenson | August 12, 2019

Olga Gershenson reviews “Chained,” a film by Yaron Shani that blurs the line between fiction and real life.

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“We Are Victims of Our Past…” – Israel’s Dark History Comes to Light in New Documentaries

By Olga Gershenson | April 23, 2018

Examining the complexities and contradictions at an Israeli Film Festival

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